Sport Horses and Ponies - March Internet Auction - 7% Buyer`s Premium
Bidding Opens: March 16, 2017 - Bidding Closes: March 23, 2017
Hip 8: Shimmer
2006 Bay Mare (Torrero - DWB x Swansong - Palomino DWB/TB) 16h - Consigned by Katy Browne, Kailua Farm LLC- Virginia
Retired from riding due to a pasture injury. Showed talent, scope, and love of Jumping with confident attitude over very large fences.
- 2006
- Bay
- Mare
- 16 hh
- Papers: No
Notes:
Shimmer
Age: 11
Ht 16h
Color: Golden Bay (Bay w/ Sparkling Gold Highlights)
DAM: Swansong (Palomino DWB/TB) by Gold Apollo- Palomino TB by Milke-TB
Swansong has Top Breeding on both sides for scope, jumping, and confident temperament
- Swansong o/o Raute-TB by Pericles-TB by Relic by War Relic by Man'o War
- Pericles sired many International Jumpers and Dressage Champions
- Gold Apollo is well-known for producing Top Hunters (and Jumpers) at all levels
SIRE: Torrero-DWB by Onyx-SF o/o Najouti-DWB
Sire of numerous Hunter and Jumper Champions including:
- Canadian National Team Jumper – Ariel w/ Jill Henselwood
- 1992 USA Olympic-Listed 3-Day Horse – Our Busby
- King of Hearts - Hunter
- Dresden - Hunter
- Royal T - Hunter
- Carbon Copy - Hunter
- Fine Tuned - Hunter
- Zazar - Hunter
- Discovery Bay - Hunter
- Elite - Hunter
- Epicure - Dressage
- d'Elegance
- Sprite Renaissance
SHIMMER: Showed talent, scope, and love of Jumping with confident attitude over very large fences. She's kind and should produce special offspring. Due to a suspensory injury in the field last year we retired her to broodmare status based on her excellent breeding and the qualities she's shown.
This is a real opportunity to own a top-level, proven bloodlines mare for your breeding program.
- Farrier rates Shimmer's feet as "excellent, hard, and well-shaped hooves. The kind of foot you want to pass on in breeding!" Feet done 3/17/2017
- Recent Worming.
- Shimmer has regular heat cycles.
- Dental Service completed this week.